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HB2855 • 2025

Requires the Department of State Police to establish public exchange locations with certain requirements.

Requires the Department of State Police to establish public exchange locations with certain requirements.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Evans
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires the Department of State Police to establish public exchange locations with certain requirements.

Digest: Tells the DSP to create a public exchange area.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: Tells the DSP to create a public exchange area.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
  • Requires the Department of State Police to establish public exchange locations with certain requirements.
  • Relating to: Relating to public exchange stations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-02-17 House

    Public Hearing held.

  3. 2025-02-13 House

    Public Hearing cancelled.

  4. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  5. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Tells the DSP to create a public exchange area. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
Requires the Department of State Police to establish public exchange locations with certain requirements.
Relating to: Relating to public exchange stations.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2855
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Tells the DSP to create a public exchange area. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
Requires the Department of State Police to establish public exchange locations with certain re-
quirements.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public exchange stations.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 181A.010 to
181A.350.
SECTION 2. (1) The Department of State Police shall establish public exchange stations
at such places as the Superintendent of State Police considers advisable to allow for the
transfer of children between one parent or guardian and another parent or guardian and
transfer of personal property. The public exchange stations shall:
(a) Be monitored by a camera providing complete visual coverage of the area. The video
produced by the camera shall be stored by the department for at least 30 days and is a public
record as defined in ORS 192.005.
(b) Have sufficient signage alerting the public to the station and informing the public that
the area is monitored by video that can be requested pursuant to a public records request.
(c) Be available for access by the public 24 hours per day each day of the year.
(2) The department may charge fees for a public record request of the video coverage as
authorized in ORS 192.324, except a request involving the exchange of children may not be
denied for failure to pay.
(3) The department shall ensure that the equipment remains in working order and the
station is accessible to the public.
(4) The department shall make rules to implement the requirements of this section.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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